Building your data dictionary
To discover all the metadata, table descriptions, and column descriptions we've added, Metabase uses a feature called the data reference. In addition to showing most of the metadata we've added, the data dictionary has room to enrich user comprehension about our database, tables, segments, and metrics even more. The idea behind the data reference is that if a new user creates a Metabase account but has no context about what any of the databases or tables are, they should be able to easily look up key information to help them get started.
Our Pies database is relatively easy to understand, but you can imagine how this is an exception rather than the rule. Organizations store all kinds of data, often in strange ways. For example, I once worked at a company that stored all of its most important analytical data in a database called temp. They had a difficult time explaining to new hires that the temp database was the one with the actual important...
